- Clifford Winston
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Clifford Winston is an applied microeconomist and senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He specializes in the analysis of and has written extensively on industrial organization, regulation, and transportation. His most recent book, First Thing We Do, Let’s Deregulate All the Lawyers (Brookings Press, 2011), offers a novel solution to fix what Winston believes to be a flawed legal system.[1]
Prior to joining Brookings in 2004, Winston was an associate professor in the Transportation Systems Division of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Civil Engineering. Teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, Winston’s courses included Applied Microeconomic Theory, Advanced Travel Demand Analysis and Transportation Economics. From 1987-1998, Winston was the co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Microeconomics. The journal publishes innovative analysis that has an empirical orientation, takes real-world institutions seriously, and is relevant to economic policy.
Winston received his A.B. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, his M.S.c. from the London School of Economics, and his Ph.D. in economics from U.C. Berkeley.[2]
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First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers
First Thing We Do, Let’s Deregulate All the Lawyers (Brookings Press, 2011) is the latest book from Clifford Winston, Robert W. Crandall, and Vikram Maheshri. It analyzes why legal costs are so high and proposes how they can be reduced without sacrificing the quality of legal services. They argue that deregulating entry by individuals and firms into the legal profession will inherently improve lawyers’ performance, as they contend for business in a more competitive environment.
"This is a sobering, intelligent, controversial examination of the role lawyers play in the national economy. Although I disagree with some of the authors’ assumptions and conclusions, the brilliance of their analyses cannot be disputed."—Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr., Partner, Mesereau & Yu, LLP, Los Angeles; the lawyer who won the Michael Jackson criminal case[3]
Publications: Selected Books
First Thing We Do, Let’s Deregulate All the Lawyers. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
Last Exit: Privatization and Deregulation of the U.S. Transportation Industry. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2010.
Aviation Infrastructure Performance: A Study in Comparative Political Economy. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2008 (co-edited with Gines de Rus).
Government Failure Versus Market Failure: Microeconomics Policy Research and Government Performance. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press and AEI, 2006.
Deregulation of Network Industries: What’s Next? Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press and AEI, 2006.
Publications: Selected Papers and Chapters
Winston's articles have appeared in such journals as American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Literature, Bell Journal of Economics, and the Rand Journal of Economics. For a full list of Winston's publications, visit his Brookings Expert Page.
“The Efficacy of Information Policy,” Journal of Economic Literature, September, 2008.
“Toward a Comprehensive Assessment of Road Pricing Accounting for Land Use,” Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 2008 (with A. Langer).
“The Effect of FAA Expenditures on Air Travel Delays,” Journal of Urban Economics, March, 2008 (with S. Morrison).
“Another Look at Airport Congestion Pricing,” American Economic Review, December, 2007 (with S. Morrison).
“Vehicle Choice Behavior and the Declining Market Share of U.S. Automakers,” International Economic Review, November 2007 (with K. Train).
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